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Russell Smith

Editorial Director

Editorial Director at Petri IT Knowledgebase. Russell has more than 20 years' experience working in IT. From small business to large government IT infrastructure projects.

Russell started his writing career for Windows IT Pro magazine in the early 2000s. Since then, Russell has contributed to a variety of publications, including Petri, CDW's list of publications, and various industry blogs including Netwrix, BeyondTrust, and others.

In addition to more than 1000 articles Russell has authored, he has also written a book on Windows security and co-authored another for Microsoft's MOAC series. Russell has also authored several courses for Pluralsight.

LATEST

Dynamic Access Control: Configure and Deploy Central Access Policy, Configure File Server

Nov 07, 2013
Russell Smith

In pt. 3 of our series, learn to configure and deploy Central Access Policy rules and policies, and how to configure a WS2012 files server to use DAC.

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Dynamic Access Control: Kerberos, Claim Types, and Resource Properties

Nov 05, 2013
Russell Smith

In part 2 of this series, learn to enable claims support for Dynamic Access Control (DAC) and how to create claim types and resource properties.

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Enable BitLocker on a System Drive Without TPM in Windows 8 and Server 2012

Nov 01, 2013
Russell Smith

In this Ask an Admin, discover how to enable BitLocker on a system drive to change local policy in Windows 8 and Server 2012.

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Dynamic Access Control: Introduction to the Technology and Components

Oct 31, 2013
Russell Smith

Got questions about Dynamic Access Control? Check out this introduction, in which we go over terminology and basic properties.

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Enable LSA Protection in Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1

Oct 30, 2013
Russell Smith

Are you safe from Pass the Hash attacks? Typically lsass.exe is disabled by default – discover how to enable it in this Ask an Admin!

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Disabling Access to Removable Storage in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Later

Oct 29, 2013
Russell Smith

USB sticks can lead to security risks. Learn how to apply a policy to quickly block all removable storage in this Ask an Admin.

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PowerShell Remoting: How to Restrict User Commands

Oct 24, 2013
Russell Smith

In this Ask an Admin article, find out how to restrict an endpoint by limiting the commands users can run over a remote PowerShell session.

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Moving Testing to the Cloud: A Look at Windows Azure and CloudShare

Oct 23, 2013
Russell Smith

Should you move your test labs to the cloud? Take a look at the pros and cons of services like Windows Azure and CloudShare.

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Microsoft Stumbles with Windows 8.1, Internet Explorer 11 Updates

Oct 22, 2013
Russell Smith

Updating to Windows 8.1 or Internet Explorer 11? Hold the phone. Learn of the troubles users might experience when upgrading.

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How to Upgrade to Windows 8.1 Without Using the Windows Store

Oct 22, 2013
Russell Smith

Skip the Windows Store and discover how to download the Windows 8.1 RTM bits in this easy how-to article.

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